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Kenichi Shimizu directs this animated feature following the
adventures of characters from the Marvel comics. When the Punisher
(voice of Brian Bloom) makes a mess of a mission he has been
assigned, Black Widow (Jennifer Carpenter) is despatched to
retrieve him and bring him back to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. There
Director Nick Fury (John Eric Bentley) briefs the duo on an even
more important mission: to prevent the terrorist group Leviathan
from making use of stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology. Can the Punisher
redeem himself and help foil the plot?
All 12 episodes from the sixth season of the American crime drama
about a Miami police forensics expert who kills those he believes
have escaped justice. Dexter (Michael C. Hall) was orphaned at the
age of three after the murder of his mother, an incident which
implanted in him a fierce desire to punish those who commit
criminal acts. While avoiding suspicion with a genial and helpful
professional facade by day, while off-duty, Dexter remorselessly
hunts down those he believes have escaped the justice of the law
and takes his vengeance. The episodes are: 'Those Kinds of Things',
'Once Upon a Time...', 'Smokey and the Bandit', 'A Horse of a
Different Colour', 'The Angel of Death', 'Just Let Go', 'Nebraska',
'Sin of Omission', 'Get Gellar', 'Ricochet Rabbit', 'Talk to the
Hand' and 'This Is the Way the World Ends'.
Executive compensation has gained widespread public attention in
recent years, with the pay of top U.S. executives reaching
unprecedented levels compared either with past levels, with the
remuneration of top executives in other countries, or with the
wages and salaries of typical employees. The extraordinary levels
of executive compensation have been achieved at a time when U.S.
public companies have realized substantial gains in stock market
value. Many have cited this as evidence that U.S. executive
compensation works well, rewarding managers who make difficult
decisions that lead to higher shareholder values, while others have
argued that the overly generous salaries and benefits bear little
relation to company performance. Recent conceptual and empirical
research permits for the first time a truly rigorous debate on
these and related issues, which is the subject of this volume.
Executive compensation has gained widespread public attention in
recent years, with the pay of top U.S. executives reaching
unprecedented levels compared either with past levels, with the
remuneration of top executives in other countries, or with the
wages and salaries of typical employees. The extraordinary levels
of executive compensation have been achieved at a time when U.S.
public companies have realized substantial gains in stock market
value. Many have cited this as evidence that U.S. executive
compensation works well, rewarding managers who make difficult
decisions that lead to higher shareholder values, while others have
argued that the overly generous salaries and benefits bear little
relation to company performance. Recent conceptual and empirical
research permits for the first time a truly rigorous debate on
these and related issues, which is the subject of this volume.
Covering the eleventh through sixteenth centuries, these essays
suggest that influence and power may have paradoxically been
available to women despite, and sometimes precisely because of,
their subordinate position in society. Striking for its range of
scholarship, this collection explores the power and independence,
relationships and influence of medieval queens, holy women,
mothers, widows, Jewish conversas, and others. Latin and
Anglo-Norman hagiography, confessors' manuals, coronation rituals,
responsa literature, and legal theory are represented. "An
intriguing exploration of a basic paradox of medieval society, and
an excellent blend of theory and gender studies with detailed work
relevant for social and political history." -- Joel Rosenthal,
author of Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century
England JENNIFER CARPENTER is a lecturer in history at the
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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